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Soft Cell are reforming "one last time" for a show at the O2 in London on September 30 it has been revealed. The "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" event was announced today as part of a 40th anniversary celebration of the group's history. For their first show in 15 years Marc Almond and Dave Ball will perform together in what has been described as their "ONLY and last EVER show". There is a pre-sale of tickets tomorrow (Thursday Feb 22) and a general sale on Friday (Feb 23).

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Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and Crammed Discs talks to Sean Kitching about the consistent thread running through the different chapters of his band, the progress of their forthcoming fourth album, Rock In Opposition and cultural cross-pollination Formed in 1977 by Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis, the Belgian avant-rock band, Aksak Maboul, excelled at the playful construction of ersatz yet exciting musical forms and counterfeit cross-cultural soundtracks that seem ever more radical and...

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Well, here it is. Seventeen slabs of Lawrence absurdity, clasped in a gorgeously garish sleeve, effectively mirroring the eccentricities herein. From a distance, I have followed Lawrence of Belgravia, through staple guises – Felt, Denim and several outings for Go-Kart Mozart. But even the kind of uber-fans that Lawrence has always attracted must admit something here. This, without question, is the most effervescent and creative album of his extraordinary career.

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Tehran-born Mahdyar began his career at just 16 after classical training, immersed himself into the then-nascent Persian hip hop scene as a producer, and went on to become a formative figure in the country's now bountiful culture of extraordinary electronic music. He was blacklisted by Iran's Ministry of Culture in 2009 and left Tehran for Europe, and has since worked in film composition and with institutions like Paris' Centre Pompidou and Sweden's National Theater Riksteatern.

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Hawthonn first came to our attention in 2015 via a self-released album made available on Bandcamp, and the Leeds-based duo of Layla and Phil Legard have kept themselves busy both together and with solo projects in the years since. Their new record, entitled Red Goddess: Of This Men Shall Know Nothing, sees the duo blend synthesised field recordings with themes of the occult as well as ambient music, their subject matter focusing heavily on the idea of feminine energy and menstruation.

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There is far too much music to keep up with nowadays - too much to discover, too much to follow, and far too much to really hear. Carsten Nicolai, or Alva Noto, knows this all too well. To narrow down his selection for his Baker’s Dozen, he decides to return to the 80s, reminiscing about the music he listened to as a teenager in East Germany, before the wall came down.

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Haley Fohr of Circuit Des Yeux will perform a live soundtrack to the silent film Salomé at The Barbican later this yearThe Barbican will host a live screening of the 1923 silent film Salomé, with the excellent Haley Fohr aka Circuit Des Yeux providing a brand new live soundtrack with her band. Fohr will be joined by Andrew Scott Young on bass, Whitney Johnson on viola, and Tyler Damon on percussion at The Barbican's 'Cinema 1' on May 16.

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Right from the title, Music For The Long Emergency sounds like a fitting score for the Trump age. “How is this happening?” goes the penultimate track, written in the days following Trump’s election. This collaborative project between Minneapolis synth pop group Poliça and Berlin-based orchestra s t a r g a z e is a joining of forces against the fear and despondency of the past two years in the US and Europe: “We had our hands on progress,” as they put it.

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Hear the first track from Here Lies The Body a new album from Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and RM HubbertAidan Moffat and RM Hubbert have collaborated on a new record, Here Lies The Body, out on May 11 on Rock Action. Above you can watch the video for the first track to be shared from the LP, 'Cockrow', on which Moffat duets with Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Siobhan Wilson while Hubbert provides beautiful and sweeping folk guitar.

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